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Weeks (surname)
The name Weeks is an uncommon English language, English surname, usually either a patronymic of the Middle English ''Wikke'' ("battle, war") or a topographic name, topographic or occupational name deriving from ''Wick'' ("small, outlying village"). It may also be an Anglification of the Scandinavian habitational name ''Vik'' ("small bay, inlet"). Derivation ''Weeks'' is an English surname of Germanic Languages, Germanic origin with several known derivations: *A patronymic from the Middle English personal name ''Wikke'', which is in turn a short form of any of various Proto-Germanic, Germanic personal names formed with the element ''wig'', meaning ''battle'', ''war''. *A variant of ''Wick'', which is an English topographic name for someone who lived in an outlying settlement dependent on a larger village; from the Old English ''wic'' an early loan word from the Latin ''vicus'', or a habitational name from a place named with this word. Examples of such places include Week Green in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
